Majlis Ash-shura

Name:	Abdulrahman. A. Bin Abdullah Al-Dawood.
Place & Date of Birth:	10.5.1948, Dir'iya.
Marital Status:	Married.
Correspondence Address:	PO .BOX. 57196 Riyadh 11574 .

Academic Qualifications:
- PhD: Sharea’a (Divine Law), Major: Comparative Jurisprudence, Sharea’a collage, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, Riyadh. - MA: Sharea’a (Divine Law), Major: Comparative Jurisprudence, Sharea’a collage, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, Riyadh. - BA: Sharea’a (Divine Law), Sharea’a collage, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, Riyadh.

Professional Experience:
- Teaching assistant, College of Sharea’a, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University 28.9.1973. - Lecturer, College of Sharea’a, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University 27. 6. 1985. - Deputy dean for Higher Studies and Scholarly Research from 14.7.1985 till he was appointed to work in the General Presidency for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. - Appointed to the General Presidency for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice as of 16.2.1991. - Adviser on the 14th grade in the General Presidency for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice based on a cabinet high order issued on 14.5.1991. -Adviser on the 15th grade in the same Presidency based on a cabinet high order issued on 15.3.1993. - Represented Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University in a number of committees and delegations in the Kingdom and abroad. - Deputy President for Administration and Finance, the Presidency for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, 1996. - Participated in a number of courses organized abroad by Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. - Participated in the committees on “late Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulwahab Activity Week” organized by Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. - Participated in King Abdul-Aziz Conference organized by Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. - Participated in Jihad Festival organized by Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. - Represented the General Presidency for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in a number of committees formed of various governmental bodies. - Chairman, the Scholarly Committee of the Secretariat responsible for Centennial celebrations for the foundation of the Kingdom. - Received first-class Order of King Abdulaziz.

Research and Publications:
- Penalties in Islam (published). - Marriage System in Islam. - Verbal Crimes and their penalties in Islam – (MA Thesis). - Scrutiny and Explanation of the third part of the book “The Absorbed in Fiqh”, Written by Al-Samurai - PhD dissertation (under printing).